diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index ecd9eaa76..a4ecb3948 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ const _unicodeplots_seriestype = [
     :heatmap,
     :contour,
     # :contour3d,
-    :permute,
     :image,
     :spy,
     :surface,
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 90d0f8e7a..fbd5c5366 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -363,6 +363,15 @@ function RecipesPipeline.add_series!(plt::Plot, plotattributes)
         elseif ms === :vline && (perm == (:x, :y) || perm == (:y, :x))
             plotattributes[:markershape] = :hline
         end
+        if plotattributes[:seriestype] === :bar # bar calls expand_extrema! in its recipe...
+            sp = plotattributes[:subplot]
+            sp[get_attr_symbol(letter1, :axis)][:lims],
+            sp[get_attr_symbol(letter2, :axis)][:lims] =
+                sp[get_attr_symbol(letter2, :axis)][:lims],
+                sp[get_attr_symbol(letter1, :axis)][:lims]
+        end
+        plotattributes[:x_extrema], plotattributes[:y_extrema] =
+            plotattributes[:y_extrema], plotattributes[:x_extrema]
         plotattributes[letter1], plotattributes[letter2] =
             plotattributes[letter2], plotattributes[letter1]
     end